FKFicFest 2026 pre-game poll is closed

[brightknightie]

Thank you to everyone who shared preferences for fkficfest this year!

The one open question for me is the date. Some folks picked two dates in a row, some far apart, some just one. I had hoped to find a pattern revealing a day that worked for everyone. No such luck. There's very strong preference for the end of July! But that would seem to leave a few folks completely out. Aargh.

Otherwise:

• Let's test "Each community member may submit 1 prompt, and those prompts become the pool, no eliminations" and "Anonymous always," and see how they work for the community. (The prompts will be anonymous to me, too.) Start thinking of a prompt...? As always, prompting is not a commitment to play.
• I'll release one story per day as the plan, but I'll reserve the privilege to double-up or even to skip a day if necessary, to minimize stress for myself. (I've never skipped a release day; it wasn't always simple.)

Comments

[senmut]

Honestly, whatever day is announced is fine by me. I'm never keen on long periods between 'prompts/assignments' and 'release', but that's because I just plain forget about the exchange existing.

To the point that I once got a comment on a fic I'd written for an exchange and that was how I knew I had a story out in the wild.

[pj1228]

Not sure if this helps, but maybe do another poll for the date, but ask the question the other way round, i.e. people should mark all the dates that do not work for them. Or none, if all dates are fine with them. Maybe that brings clarity (or more confusion).

In my case, I picked two dates I would prefer, but that doesn't imply that I couldn't work with the other dates.

[thefruitbat]

I did the same. Just picked the most "convenient" ones, but the others work as well. Minimizing stress is always a good thing. :)